Saturday 5 September 2015

Austria Opens Its Borders Welcoming Thousands of Migrants

Hungary's Migrant Crisis Halted as Thousands Welcomed into Austria, GermanyAs Europe continues with what some have called the "worst refugee crisis since World War II," thousands of migrants seeking asylum were greeted with open arms Saturday as they entered Austria from Hungary, according to the Associated Press.


The migrants – many from the African nations of Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan; Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria in the Middle East; and Albania and Serbia in Europe, according to USA Today – were greeted with hot tea and beds, according to the AP.
 More than 5,000 refugees crossed from Hungary into Austria by Saturday afternoon, an Austrian police spokesman told the AP.

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